It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

Failures are finger posts on the road to achievement.

I know lots of people who are educated far beyond their intelligence.

It's difficult to think anything but pleasant thoughts while eating a homegrown tomato.

There's no such thing as being too Southern.

The game of life is a lot like football. You have to tackle your problems, block your fears, and score your points when you get the opportunity.

Baptists never make love standing up. They're afraid someone might see them and think they're dancing.

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow news month.

You call to a dog and a dog will break its neck to get to you. Dogs just want to please. Call to a cat and its attitude is, 'What's in it for me?'

Instead of getting married again, I'm going to find a woman I don't like and give her a house.

But I don't know what to him about the aftermath of killing a person. About how they never leave you.

We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.

Men seek but one thing in life - their pleasure.

Once a new technology rolls over you, if you're not part of the steamroller, you're part of the road.

It's not normal, what I do. Just being on television isn't.

The ready apology covers a multitude of social sins.

I'm secure enough in myself to wear panties with bows on them. Besides, they are comfy and soft." "I bet." He almost purred. I gulped.

In some songs, like propaganda songs-and don't get me wrong, I love some propaganda songs. They're some of my favorite songs in the world. It's just that I don't enjoy writing it.

Then it was like a genie out of the bottle and it began to walk all on its own and in directions I did not want.

Gord Downie is extraordinary. It's safe to say there's nobody like that guy that I've ever come across.